discussion on the amendment. >> i think there's needs to be an increase on the betsey carmichael and the longfellow will but not .2 i don't know how you can build a program with a small fte he and even i'm looking at the multiple entry pots for multiple language i i mean, i don't know 0 how we're going to probable build something that is strong we've been working on the physically program for how many years and innovate a dictate staff person it is gone through the it rags and if we want to make that program a solid program i don't think that .4 is sufficient. >> i will so that's the reason i'll not support the amendment. >> superintendent. >> thank you commissioner president murase and thank you, commissioners just a couple of points of clarification i think

much. >> next speaker. >> hello, i'm michael lewis i go to west after-school program i'm in betsey carmichael filipino education center i'm graduating i got accepted other powell i understand tagalog but i don't know how to speak it i never learned next year i'm going to lowell they don't give any language courses involving filipino or tagalog i wish they had it there's a population of 2 thousand seven hundred students that go driver's license and one hundred and 89 kids from there is filipino it is about 7 percent of the whole school so i feel like we should have it we need to take at least two years of our language to go to any uc we have tagalog or filipino it is going to be the first to take classes and have an externals of learning the language. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please >> (speaking foreign language.) >> commissioner i'll provide translation this is robert the father's of a student another betsey carmichael and going to west bay after-school program he is thanking the commissioners and the school district for linking to the re

her background and have the education to knowing where she came from the school she's going to betsey carmichael they've doing a great job but for sixth grade she needs to continue that to the high school and i'm hoping you guys consider more of your money wise to putting that in our after-school program and putting that in the learning awhile she's there again thank you for your time and i hope you guys consider putting more budget into the filipino pathway thank you. >> hi good evening mr. and mrs. commissioners i'm the executive order at west bay filipino a nonprofit youth and families we serve filipinos and their families and in our agency we serve the agencies mission it is that sign that hung a long time on the facade of a building on stockton said no filipinos loud it sign no longer xitsz but today it feels like it does in this proposed budget that sits aside only a certain amount of money that makes us filipinos feel that sign is still up so commissioners please join me and let's take down the sign that says no filipinos by putting in the budget for filipino language that accurately refl

discussion on the amendment. >> i think there's needs to be an increase on the betsey carmichael and the longfellow will but not

behalf of didn't go school board commissioners the robert the father of a child that goes to betsey carmichael he's a if that and proud of it and he makes sure that his child knows that he's proud of it how is he going to explain to his child others ethnics itself like the chinese and the green communities are getting money from the school district to teach their language and promote their cultural but for us filipinos a very small portion is presented so he feels he has great trust in the school board you'll not set aside the contribution of filipinos in san francisco and he asks to please loot more dollars to allow the continuation of teaching of tagalog to his child in our schools thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> commissioner president murase superintendent and commissioners my name is neil goss man i was a product of the 70 san francisco unified school district it's been over 40 years since law versus nickels i don't think this district has gotten it right yet we're talking about 40 years where filipinos the beginning of the filipino betse

ftes and the 4 ftes it really allows a teacher and special assignment to work closely with the betsey carmichael and long fell to consider the curriculum they're working through and to binge to initiate what a program process looks like for the filipino as a middle school we've heard this is a great need to strengthen the pathway but we also want to be able to do it in a thoughtful and meaningful way we've heard from the principle there ounce because a pathway at the middle school level but no longer we want to understand why it one way or another was not sustainable how to make that sustainable and making sure if there's targets at the elementary school 0 into the high school so the use of a .4 ftes allows us to support and planning and part of the planning also look at potential fiscal input by the next spring this is what we need to make sure the pathway is viable and those are the materials and resources and the types of allocation we'll need so it is so critical at this point we have been spending the last 5 years really trying to make sure our pathways are a strong and we go through the pr

. >> so the amendment to the peace spending allocation plan to increase the betsey carmichael and longfellow from .2 to .4 fte and reduce the pathway for new world lapsing from .2.4 to .2. >> thank you, commissioner. >> i'm sorry discussion commissioner. >> we're only voting on this amendment not voting on deciding whether. >> we're voting to make the amendment or can i comment on the amendment. >> yes. discussion on the amendment. >> i think there's needs to be an increase on the betsey carmichael and the longfellow will but not .2 i don't know how you can build a program with a small fte he and even i'm looking at the multiple entry pots for multiple language i i mean, i don't know 0 how we're going to probable build something that is strong we've been working on the physically program for how many years and innovate a dictate staff person it is gone through the it rags and if we want to make that program a solid program i don't think that .4 is sufficient. >> i will so that's the reason i'll not support the amendment. >> superintendent. >> thank you commissioner president murase and thank

. >> my name is maria i'm up here for support of betsey carmichael and the built in education we're we did get the funding for the our funding but basically for that funding we got not as much you guys are kind of saying putting the filipino i understand that everyone here for support and things like that i'm concerned about my kid she is right now in fourth grade i want to continue her education to high school so having that kind of mentality to having that background that she has i grew up as a filipino in the u.s. and wanted to have it kind of support she know here background with the filipino education the money we received is just ridiculous i feel like there is someone else it someone else if the board can use to using that pathway to condition or continue her background of the culture that's great i want here her to know her background and have the education to knowing where she came from the school she's going to betsey carmichael they've doing a great job but for sixth grade she needs to continue that to the high school and i'm hoping you guys consider more of your money wise

the filipino to the pathway this increase provides support to the filipino paul mccartney at betsey carmichaelnd long fell and initiate the program placement for filipino restriction in memorial day for the pathway sustainability and the alignment for if that at the high school level the program placement program is the analysis that will be considered in the development of the 2016-2017 peace spend proposal the pathway language has been reduced but will be other funding will be stauth for two other pieces of information one regards the board meeting from ms. wynns for the costs of translation services specific looking at the hiring additional staff and engaging contractor for increasing the services those questions are being reviewed by assistant superintendent trusting and his team and will compile a report for the board secondly the commissioners you have received an updated version of peace recommendation memo the peas came back met for version one and two and looking at the changes since version one came up and agreed on recommendations that are included in the memo for your review co-cha

holidays i see some schools with are missing from the list the valley or paul revere on the list or betsey carmichael if that's the basis for affordable housing individual and i see that burton is not included so why were some selected and 90 some not. >> it is a great question the simple answer is affordable housingvid is based on issues or scheduling components at the school site. the court: what we're trying to do build a strong foundation for avid with self-selected schools and build the fidelity and build it up and have a clear and coherent prek through 12 culture and the idea to have build small credential steps into having every school having avid as our college and career strategy for intervention. >> so being san francisco selected is, i guess the key here is that we're not with the plan of having it go into our schools eventually my only comment i'll support that we focus on schools we think would be beneficial to avid and make efforts to get them into the schools. >> i absolutely concur hedge fund percent. >> are there other questions for mr. koffman. >> commissioner wynns. >> s if this is